Today In History: May 5, 2010

1818 Birth - Karl Marx philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)

1821 Death - Napoleon I Bonaparte emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena

1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing

1942 US begins rationing sugar during WWII

1992 The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified.